
US-Iran News LIVE: A day after US President Donald Trump claimed that "final negotiations" to end the war with Iran are in process, the US military said it shot down four Iranian drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz.
According to US Central Command, two of Islamic Republic's coastal surveillance radar sites were struck in retaliation of Friday “to defend against further attacks.” US forces alleged that the drone attack posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic.
The recent attacks raise new concerns over the ceasefire deal but Trump confirmed on Friday that “the situation with Iran seems to be going quite well,” AP reported. Amid the tenuous ceasefire, the US and Iran have been engaged in largely indirect negotiations to secure an interim deal to halt the three-month-old war that began on 28 February 2026.
Facing mounting domestic political pressure due to rising gas prices ahead of the midterm congressional elections, Donald Trump in an interview with NBC said that while most of Iran's drone and missile manufacturing facilities had been destroyed, Tehran still has access to about a fifth of their missiles.
“They have some missiles, they have some drones. I would say percentage wise, maybe 21%-22% of their missiles. It's a lot of missiles, but it's not what it was when we first attacked,” NBC News quoted Trump as saying.
A week ago, the US and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran's nuclear programme. However, Trump called for unspecified changes that Iranian officials have shown no public signs of signing off on the deal.
The efforts to reach a deal seemed gloomy after the two sides exchanged attacks earlier this week. Tehran's drone attack on Kuwait's main airport claimed one life and left several dozens wounded following which the airfield was closed.
A parallel conflict is going on in Lebanon with Washington trying to resolve the regional war. In the peace proposal, Iran has made it clear its demand for ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah as it reaffirmed support for the armed group. The American-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon fractured after Israel launched intense strikes on southern Lebanon. On Friday, IDF struck multiple parts of southern Lebanon and issued evacuation warnings for nine villages. In response, Iran-aligned armed group Hezbollah said it had carried out two attacks on Israeli troops in south Lebanon. The new attacks have put the agreement at further risk.
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Iranian media outlets on Saturday (local time) reported that Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has arrived in the Iranian capital.
The Pakistani interior minister is expected to hold talks with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, among other Iranian officials, during his visit, IRNA and Tasnim news agencies said.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that they have more energy resources than any other country, given that Venezuela is working out well.
Trump, in his gaggle with press on Air Force One en route Chippewa Falls, said that the US is having great success with Iran.
The Lebanese Health Ministry on Saturday (local time) said 3,593 people have been killed and 10,990 injured in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since 2 March.
The statistics show 35 deaths and 120 injuries were recorded in the past 24 hours.
Iran's World Cup squad left Turkey for Mexico on Saturday, taking off under the shadow of a bitter diplomatic row between Tehran and Washington after the US refused to issue visas for some of the team's support squad.
Lebanese army commander General Rudolf Haykal has left on a visit to Pakistan, Lebanon's army said on Saturday, amid Pakistani efforts to mediate an end to the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran that has also spilled into Lebanon.
The army said the visit was at the invitation of Haykal's Pakistani counterpart, but did not immediately provide further details on its purpose or duration.
In a post on X, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Saturday warned Lebanon to save itself from its real enemy. Araghchi wrote, “Based on Mr. Aoun's comments, one would think it's Iran that has occupied 1/5 of Lebanon, displaced 1/4 of Lebanese, and bombing his country on a daily basis. Had Lebanon been bargaining chip for Iran, we'd have a deal long ago.”
“Save Lebanon from your real foe, Mr. President,” he added.
At least five people have been killed while attending a wedding in Gaza City after Israel bombed the wedding tent, Al Jazeera reported.
Bahrain's Foreign Ministry on Saturday, in a statement, said that it supports Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s government in implementing the Taif Agreement and UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which call for the disarmament of non-state armed groups in Lebanon.
Tehran on Saturday condemned a nighttime US attack on coastal radar installations in the Gulf, calling it a "flagrant" violation of the ceasefire in place since April.
The foreign ministry said it was an attack "on the national sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic", denouncing Washington's "hostile and provocative behaviour".
Iran on Saturday denounced as a "tool of political pressure" a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expressing concern over its lack of access to Iranian nuclear sites.
Hezbollah has condemned the Israeli attack on a Lebanese army vehicle that killed three soldiers, calling the strike “a deliberate crime”.
In a statement, the Lebanese group described the attack as “a deliberate and premeditated crime that adds to the series of crimes the enemy continues to commit against our Lebanese people, particularly in the South and the Western Bekaa," Al Jazeera reported.
Kuwait’s fire brigade on Saturday said it has responded to three incidents of shrapnel caused by defensive interception operations.
Iran still has "21, 22 percent" of its missiles left, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, after Tehran fired dozens across the region during a week marked by repeated violations of a fragile ceasefire.
Jordan condemned Iranian attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait on Saturday describing them as a “flagrant violation” of their sovereignty, a threat to regional security, and a dangerous escalation undermining efforts to restore stability.
Lebanese PM Nawaf Salam says that the opening of Rene Mouawad International Airport in Qlayaat in northern Lebanon “will open up new opportunities in work, transportation and trade,” but stressed that “it is not an alternative” to Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport.
US forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said, in the latest escalation complicating efforts to end the war between the two countries.
Bahrain on Saturday said that Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones toward it and Kuwait. The foreign ministry said they had been intercepted and called on Iran to immediately cease attacks on its Gulf neighbors.
Kuwait's foreign ministry called the attacks a “serious escalation” and a “flagrant violation of its sovereignty." It said on Saturday that it reserves the right to defend the country.
Iran fired missiles at US allies Bahrain and Kuwait on Saturday, after renewed American strikes against it, drawing a furious response from the Gulf monarchies and further undermining a fragile truce.
Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon Saturday killed nine people, including three members of the Lebanese military, the Lebanese army and state media said, days after the two sides reached a new ceasefire deal.
Iran on Saturday slammed World Cup host the United States over what it called "discriminatory treatment" by not granting visas for some members of the Iranian delegation to attend the tournament.
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